"乾燥地の生物圏における森林の範囲"に関するコメント
Marcelino de la Cruz1, Pedro F Quintana-Ascencio2,3, Luis Cayuela4
1Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Móstoles, Spain. marcelino.delacruz@urjc.es.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 11, 2017
まとめ
この批判は,乾燥森林の分布に関する研究の信頼性に疑問を投げかけている. その方法では 乾燥地や採取場所の定義が不適切で 保存に関する結論は歪められる可能性があります
科学分野:
- エコロジー
- 保護生物学
- 地理学
背景:
- 乾燥した森林は重要な生態系で 深刻な脅威に直面しています
- 効果的な保全戦略には,乾燥林の分布を正確に定めることが不可欠です.
- 過去の研究では,乾地とサンプリング方法の定義に限界があるかもしれません.
研究 の 目的:
- Bastin et al.の方法論と発見を批判的に評価する. 乾燥森林の分布について
- 干ばつ地帯の境界線と干ばつ地帯の定義の不正確さを指摘する.
- 方法論的な欠陥のために研究の結論の信頼性を疑う.
主な方法:
- Bastin et al.が使用した乾燥森林の分布の境界の分析
- 研究で使用された乾燥地の定義の検討.
- 土地の位置と生態系の種類を含むサンプル設計の評価
主要な成果:
- バスティンらによる研究 乾燥森林の分布の不完全な境界線を使用しました.
- 時代遅れで誤った乾燥地の定義が適用された.
- 試料採取の設計は,湿気のある生態系から多くのプロットを組み込み,乾燥森林の保全のための重要な地域を無視しました.
結論:
- 方法論的な欠陥は,研究の結果と結論の妥当性を疑わせた.
- 不正確な境界線と採取戦略は,乾燥森林の生態系を信頼できない評価につながる可能性があります.
- 研究から得られた保全への影響は,これらの制限により損なわれる可能性があります.
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